Strzelecki Creek

Strzelecki Creek
Strzelecki Creek in the Lake Eyre catchment
Data
location	South Australia ( Australia )
River system	Cooper Creek
Drain over	Strzelecki Creek → Lake Blanche
source	Cooper Creek at Innamincka 27 ° 48 ′ 55 "  S , 140 ° 43 ′ 22"  E
Source height	52.3  m
muzzle	Lake Blanche Coordinates: 29 ° 21 ′ 15 "  S , 139 ° 48 ′ 13"  E 29 ° 21 ′ 15 "  S , 139 ° 48 ′ 13"  E
Mouth height	3  m
Height difference	49.3 m
Bottom slope	approx. 0.2 ‰
length	approx. 250 km
Flowing lakes	8 water holes and lakes
Medium-sized cities	Innamincka
Communities	Merty Merty

The Strzelecki Creek is a river in the northeast of the Australian state of South Australia . It is an arm of Cooper Creek , which drains water from there into Lake Blanche . Like Cooper Creek, this river mostly has no water.

geography

River course

The Strzelecki Creek branches off from Cooper Creek at Innamincka to the south. It continues its course south and crosses the Strzelecki desert . In the south of this desert it feeds the salt lake Lake Blanche, which is connected to the neighboring Lake Callabonna by further watercourses .

The Strzelecki Track , a slope that connects Innamincka with the town of Lyndhurst on the edge of the North Flinders Ranges , runs parallel to the middle and lower reaches of the river .

Flowing lakes

The Strzelecki Creek flows through several water holes, some of which are filled with water even when the river is dry.

• Bulie Burlie Waterhole - 51 m
• Little Tooroopie Waterhole - 48 m
• Tooroopie Waterhole - 47 m
• Dullingari Waterhole - 43 m
• The Beentree Waterholes - 40 m
• Gurra Gurra Waterhole - 17 m
• Cherri Cherri Waterhole - 14 m
• Lake Blanche - 3 m

Origin of name

Like the desert of the same name, the river was named after the Polish explorer and explorer Paul Edmund de Strzelecki .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Map of Strzelecki Creek, SA . Bonzle.com
2. ^ Steve Parish: Australian Touring Atlas . Steve Parish Publishing, Archerfield QLD 2007. ISBN 978-1-74193-232-4 . P. 73